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Giro '24 - Spoilers
I think we need a proper thread for the Giro d'Italia.
It was great to see Julian Alaphilippe grab a stage today. The guy has been struggling with ****ty luck for the last couple of years. It seems like he has been under a lot of pressure to perform or perish. He kicked ass today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu-w5GiV5n4 Last edited by cuda; 05-16-2024 at 07:29 PM. |
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Happy to see him get the win. I'm always rooting for the puncheurs.
Well done alafpolak1! |
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I just love days like today with the wind splitting things up. Hard to bridge the last 10 seconds.
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Yup. Did anyone see the Mirco Maestri interview on Max today? Quite movingly eloquent.
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Lou Lou thanking his breakaway companion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T37DVS6FSCk
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Didn't catch the TT live today.
Anyone know what these blue "flaps" are? |
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I'd call them "air dams" used to prevent the air from curling underneath the lens and maybe drying out the eyes. They direct the airflow to the sides.
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I can't imagine those blue flaps are legal. If they are, they aren't going to be legal pretty soon now.
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There purpose is similar to the Black makeup football players use to dull reflections, except they are not painted on your face. OK? Aero, could be?
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woof. My predictor of a ten minute gc margin may have been conservative. I love the guy, but c’est pas normal.
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I get it … but this also isn’t a historic Giro peloton. He’s not facing Tour squads, it’s not a high point for Italian cycling, and Nairo and Geraint are in the senior discount stages of their careers. At least some of this margin is him being a level above from the start.
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And we won't know for a few weeks whether his real competition will be at full strength in the TdF, seems as though Vingegaard and Evenepoel have had a lot of time spent in recovering.
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And then there's Roglic, who's been mighty quiet of late. It'll be really interesting to see how this all pans out.
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